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France Télévisions takes No Offence

Public broadcaster France Télévisions has acquired Britihs cop comedy-drama No Offence from FremantleMedia International. The Paul Abbott-penned series will premiere in France on France 2, a deal that follows sales into Australia, to the ABC, Netherlands (NOP), Israel (Hot), Denmark (DR) and Iceland (RUV). The show follows three female police officers at a tight-knit unit […]

Friends star Schwimmer returns to Channel 4

David Schwimmer (above, far right) is to star in a new Channel 4 comedy from Nighty Night writer Julia Davis. Endemol Shine Group-owned Brown Eyed Boy in association with Sony Pictures Television is to produce Morning Has Broken, which follows the fortunes of a failing morning television show. Schwimmer will play an American television executive […]

CBS tracks down UK format Hunted

US broadcast network CBS has commissioned an American version of UK-created format Hunted from distributor Endemol Shine International. Endemol Shine North America will produce the US show, in which participants attempt to avoid capture while being tracked by world-leading investigators and hunters. The UK version, which Shine TV produces for terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4, has […]

Netflix buys Jane the Virgin, Black Mirror

Netflix has acquired broadcast shows including The CW’s Jane the Virgin days after the streaming service confirmed it was to finance new episodes of dark British drama anthology Black Mirror. Comedy Jane the Virgin and CBS thriller drama Zoo are from CBS Studios International, while USA Network dystopian future drama Colony comes from Legendary Entertainment. […]

UK government examines Channel 4 privatisation

The UK government is examining the privatisation of Channel 4, official papers have revealed. Pictures were taken of the official documents – marked ‘sensitive’ – as a government official carried them into Downing Street. A portion of the visible text read: “Work should proceed to examine the options of extracting greater public value from the […]

E4 welcomes Scream Queens

Horror-cum-black comedy Scream Queens is to broadcaster on UK youth-skewing network E4. The net’s parent, Channel 4, has acquired the Fox show from 20th Century Fox Television Distribution, and will play it this autumn. Scream Queens opened to muted ratings this month, overshined by ABC’s Muppets reboot and CBS drama Limitless in the battle of […]

ITV revamps online offering with ITV Hub

UK broadcaster ITV is due to replace its ITV Player catch-up service and ITV.com website with a new digital destination for all its TV channels and online services. Due to launch later this year, ITV Hub will put live TV channel streaming “at the heart” of the new service, in a bid to offer a […]

Kirsty and Phil party with Beyond

British property show hosts Kirsty Allsopp and Phil Spencer will attend Beyond Distribution’s thirtieth anniversary drinks in Cannes next month. The pair, whose new show Love It or List It UK goes out through Beyond, will be at MIPCOM for the event, and also attend other press and client engagements. Love It or List It […]

C4 orders All Hail the Veil

Channel 4 has ordered All Hail the Veil, a new reality competition series from Half Yard Productions. US prodco Half Yard makes Say Yes to the Dress, and its daytime show for UK broadcaster Chanel 4 will follow a bride as she seeks out the perfect wedding dress. Channel 4 head of daytime David Sayer […]

Netflix ‘to fund new Black Mirror’

Streaming service Netflix has reportedly snapped up rights to Charlie Brooker’s dystopian future drama Black Mirror. According to the Radio Times, Netflix has agreed terms with writer Brooker and his House of Tomorrow prodco, which is part of the Endemol Shine Group. Channel 4 declined to comment, but TBI understands that the broadcaster has a first-look […]

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